Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-05-27

der Is mighty po Iarmih is "uques-
tionably true.
1t is folly to require the hired man
and the boys to "put the tools In their
places" unless yon have provided a
place, and suitable and convenient
one at that.
Small fruit growing used to be con-
sidered a branch Of horticulture. Re-
Gently many have conducted it as If it
belonged to agriculture. The result is
not surprising.
1t is the same with an animal as with
a steam boiler-thc more complete the
combustion of food or fuel it gets the
more satisfactory will be the result, be-
cause there IL less waste.
Get small trees from the nurseries-at
least moderate sized ones. They cost
less, the freight is less, labor of planting
is less, and they will most likely be less
injured by transplanting.
A poultry raiser and writer says he
has developed the laying strain of his
fowls by setting the eggs from his best
laying hens. Right here is valuable
suggestion for anyone who raises poul-
try.
A chicken whose feathers curl to-
ward the head, instead of laying fiat, is
freak of nat ure not infreQuent. Such
birds are known as friZzled fowls. This
characteristic may be perpetuated by
breeding to a similar mate.
Whatever tends to promote the gem
eral health and thrift of the tree will
also free both tree and fruit from the
blight and scab. Good drainage will
aid in accomplishing this, so will more
open planting of the trees, which allows
more sunshine among the branches
the great vitalizer and giver Of life.
Chickens can stand hard rain occa-
siOnally, but house that is damp and
full of bad odors is II regular death trap
and a breeder of diseases. Half the dis
eases of poultry are traces BILE to damp
houses, and compelling the chickens to
roost where the air strikes them through
cracks and crevices.
Producing good crops goes far toward
making a successful farmer, but there
are other qualifications required beside
that of being able 10 produce good
crops. The successful farmer must be
a good business man, as well as good
grower of crops. He must know how
to market a crop after he has raised it.
The MISCHIEvoUS CUT-wORMS.-SOme
of them ascend trees, shrubs and other
plants in their destructive work, while
most of them confine their operations to
the surface, and work their mischief by
cutting off young and tender plants
even with the ground. Their work is
done at night, and, as day light ap-
proaches, they hide themselves in holes
i'm the ground. Cabbage, when first set
out. and lettuce and other plants of the
garden, up to squashes, and other plants
of the farm, are attacked by them.
Growing muskmelons and watermelons
for Northern markets is now an impor-
tant industry i'm the Southern States, es-
pecially within easy reach of the ship
ping ports, some hundreds of acres be-
ing occupied by watermelons alone.
The grower of melons, as we'll as Of cab
bages, etc., finds that his greatest obsta-
Gle TO success is in the attacks Of cut
worms. Various devices have been pro-
posed to ward of their attacks, bat
among these, none appear 10 be so sem
sible, or so effective, as that devised by
Doctor A. Oemler, author of "Truck
Farming for the South" Doctor Oemler
kills off the cut-worms before the plants
appear. Upon his watermelon field he
sets poison traps at about fifteen feet
apart each way. These traps are cab
bage or turnip leaves, have been mois-
tened on the concave side, and then
busted with mixture Of Paris-greer
with twenty parts of flour. These leaves
are placed over the fields. poisoned side
down, at the distances above stated, be-
fore the plants appear.
SELECT THE SMALLER TREEs.-Many
persons, when about to set out fruit
trees, choose such es are older and larger.
But this is mistake, as the experience
of every old farmer in orchard planting
proves. The digging up of the stocks
from the nursery grounds is necessarily
a severe interference with the various
conditions Of their growth, consequently
the larger the tree the greater will be
the effort to overcome the injuries after
the transplanting, for that effort or re-
action must 60 on through every cell
and fibre Of the stock, whereas smaller
tree will require less effort 10 that di-
rectiOn-beside, in the digging up it
will sustain less injury, generally hav-
ing more Of it's fine rootlets retained to
begin the new growth. They want to
have an orchard quickly. Life is too
short. They cannot wait. So their
visions of delicious apples, peaches and
pears prompt them to order of the nurs-
eryman his largest trees. These they
plant, only to find in after years that in
Tot setting the younger and smaller
trees they made great mistake.
CURRIED EGGs.-Boil three eggs
twenty minutes, then remove the shells
and cut into slices. Fry bit of onion
in little butter. and add teaspoonful
of cornstarch mixed with a saltspoonful
OF curry powder; pour on slowly three
quarters of cup of milk, season with
salt and butter to taste, and simmer
until the onion is soft. Add the eggs,